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25 Apr 2018 at 22:12

TORONTO -- Anthony Gose hit a solo homer and Adam Lind belted a three-run shot as the Toronto Blue Jays put a dent in New Yorks playoff hopes with a 6-2 win over the Yankees on Thursday night at Rogers Centre. Sergei Nemchinov Jersey . Gose gave Toronto a two-run lead in the sixth inning and Lind followed an inning later with a rainbow shot as the Blue Jays (70-82) took the rubber game of the three-game series. Gose had three of Torontos 10 hits and starter Todd Redmond (4-2) worked seven solid innings for the victory, allowing four hits while striking out seven. New York (80-73) is one of six teams in the hunt for the two American League wild-card spots. The Yankees entered play 2 1/2 games behind Texas and 3 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay. Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda (11-12) helped snuff out a potential Toronto rally in the first inning. With Jose Reyes on third and Brett Lawrie of Langley, B.C., on first base, the New York starter snared a comebacker and threw home to catcher Chris Stewart. Reyes was caught in no-mans land and dived back to third base, getting there just after Lawrie slid into the bag. Lawrie was tagged out by Mark Reynolds while Reyes -- sprawled beside the bag -- was also tagged by the New York third baseman to complete the unusual double play. Alfonso Soriano opened the second inning with a drive down the left-field line but Gose gathered the ball and threw a strike to second baseman Ryan Goins for the tag. The Blue Jays later turned a nice 3-6-1 double play to get out of the inning. Toronto used its speed to help score a pair of runs in the third inning. Gose singled and scored from first base when Reyes doubled to the gap in left-centre field. Munenori Kawasaki dropped a sacrifice bunt down the third-base line to get Reyes to third. Reyes then came across on a Lawrie groundout. The Blue Jays loaded the bases with two outs before Goins struck out swinging. Redmond kept the Yankees in check over the first five innings. Curtis Granderson cut Torontos lead in half in the sixth inning with a solo shot, his seventh home run of the season. Gose answered with a homer in the bottom half of the frame off Kuroda, who allowed three earned runs and eight hits over six innings. New York reliever Joba Chamberlain came on in the seventh but was unable to record an out. He walked Kawasaki and gave up a single to Lawrie before Lind crushed his 22nd homer of the season. Sergio Santos tossed a spotless inning of relief in the eighth for the Blue Jays. Relievers Luis Perez and Jeremy Jeffress couldnt nail things down in the ninth as New York loaded the bases with one out. Casey Janssen got Vernon Wells to ground out weakly to second base, allowing Alex Rodriguez to score. Janssen then locked up his 32nd save by getting Lyle Overbay on a grounder to first. Announced attendance was 32,003 and the game took two hours 53 minutes to play. Notes: Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera, who is retiring at the end of the year, was presented with a soapstone carving made by Inuit sculptor David Ruben Piqtoukun before the game. A video montage was played during the presentation and Rivera received a $10,000 donation to his charitable foundation. "Hes a class act," Jays manager John Gibbons said before the game. "He carries himself like a champ." ... The roof was open at Rogers Centre. ... The Blue Jays closed out the nine-game homestand with a 3-6 record. ... Toronto will kick off a three-game weekend series in Boston on Friday night. Esmil Rogers (5-7) is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays against Jon Lester (14-8). Henrik Lundqvist Jersey . - Erick Torres scored his 10th goal of the season on a stunning volley, and Chivas USA edged 10-man Real Salt Lake 1-0 on Saturday night. Antti Raanta Jersey .C. -- The Charlotte Bobcats said head coach Steve Clifford underwent a successful procedure Friday to have two stents placed in his heart.MESA, Ariz. -- Michael Phelps has competed in the second event of his comeback and failed to advance to the 50-meter freestyle final. The 18-time Olympic gold medallist used Fridays preliminaries at the Arena Grand Prix to fine-tune his butterfly stroke instead of doing freestyle like everyone else in his heat. He finished seventh in a time of 24.06 seconds, missing out on the eight-man evening final. Phelps finished 42nd overaall, shutting him out of any of the three consolation finals, which involve the top 32 qualifiers. New York Rangers Jerseys. Competing for the first time since retiring after the 2012 London Olympics, Phelps finished second in the 100 butterfly on Thursday, tying the fourth-fastest time in the world this year. He wont compete on Saturday, the meets final day. Phelps will head to high-altitude training in Colorado next month. Wholesale Jerseys From China Cheap Jerseys 2019 China Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys From China Cheap Jerseys Store Jerseys From China Wholesale Jerseys ' ' '



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